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Letters .Patent No. 66,906, dated July 16,1367. i

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, ANTOINE LOUIS, of Keeseville, in the county ofClinton, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Nail and Spike Machinesg and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, A Arepresent the frame of the machine, which is made in a very firml andsubstantial manner, A representing the sides and A the ends ofsaidframe. Erected upon the sides A are two uprights, B B, which supporta cam-shaft, B'. J and I represent shafts which run from end to endofthe frame, and which are supported in proper bearings in said'ends;These shafts support the anvils. The vshaft I supports the hammers H'H,and shaft J supports the anvils K and L. These anvils have openings intheir lower ends through which the shafts pass. Q'reprcsents a shaftsituated at one side of the-frame and supported upon suitable uprigh'tserected upon the endv pieces at-their ends. Upon this shaft Q is'secureda gear-wheel, R, three cam-wheels, l?, P, and S, and also a, wheel, y,which has lugs upon its periphery at suitable distances apart for thepurpose of operating a lever which carries a knife for cutting otl' thenail. The two cam-wheels P P operate the levers O and M, which saidlevers operate respectively the anvils K and L, giving them a slightlyoscillating movement to and from the hammers H H. 'The levers O and Mhave their ends which lie upon the cam-wheels P and P drawn down uponsaid wheels by means of suitable springs. Thelever X also has its outerend confined to the periphery of its wheel y by a spring so that it maybe properly operated upon by the lugs onsaid wheel. The hammers'H Hbeing confined securely to their shaft I have motion imparted tothembymeans of a lever, Z, whose outer end connects to the lower end of abar,Z.` The upper end of bar Z is provided with an opening which surroundsan eccentric-wheel upon shaft BL. When the shaft B is rotated, the barZ, through its lever Z', gives a slightly oscillating movement to theupper ends of the hammers H H', to and from the anvils K and L.- Drepresents a lever, which has one en d pivoted to a support which iserected upon one end of the frame, and its other end pivoted to theupper end of the hammer F. This lever has secured upon its under side ahammer, E. The hammer F is provided with an opening,.in which fits aneccentric-wheel upon shaft B. This eccentric-wheel causes the hammer torise and fall, giving au oscillating motion to the lower end of theanvil, which said lower end is provided with a roller, G. Ou oneend ofthe shaft B is a wheel, '.l, which has a-thread formed upon itsperiphery, which said thread works between the teeth of the gear-wheel'R. Motion is imparted tol the hammers II H by the shaft'B when power isapplied to revolve said shaft. V V represent two ways secured upon oneside of the anvil L, which are provided with a. T-shaped groove, inwhich runs a similar-shaped slide, W'.v Secured to the slide W is agriper, lv. The inner end of said griper is pivted between 'two ears onthe slide, and the outer end runs over one of the ways. The bar of ironof which .the nail is to be formed is placed upon the slide W,- beneaththat end of the'griper which is confined between-the ears upon saidslide. That way over which the outer end of the griper rests is slightlybevelled, so as to allow said outer end vto fall slightly while theinner end is raised to allow the bar of iron to be passed under it. Whenthe slide moves inward, the griper, rising upon the bevelled way, clampsthe bar tightly with its iunerend upon the slide, A lever, U, pivotednear one end to one of the side pieces of the frame, is operated upon atits outer end by means of the cam-wheel S. The other endof said lever isslotted, and through this slot is connected by'lneans of a pin totheslide W. .A spring, d, draws this lever U against the cam-wheel S. Thelever U .operating the sli'deW, serves to feed the bar of iron to theanvilsr In using this invention the bar of iron'is placed upon the slideW', beneath the inner end of the griper, and is caught'by. the saidgriper W and is fed upto the anvil by means of the spring d. The camsupon wheel S operate the lever U, causing it to draw the slide with itsgriper back after the said slide hasbeen moved forward so as to feed upthe bar to the anvils by means of spring d. When the bar has been placedbetween the anvils and the hammers, they work upon it, drawing andshaping it properly.` The nail, after passing the hammers F and H andanvil L, passes to the anvil K and hammers -H and E, where it ispointed, planished, and'then cut o' by the knife or cutter a-on thelever X. As soon as the nail is cut of, the anvil K is moved back by thelever O so as to allow the nail to drop out of the way,'it falling downvbetween the anvil K and hammer H.

As fast es one nail is cut off another is brought up by the griper andundergoes the seme operation. Ledges are formed upon the anvils the sizethe nail is intended to be, and on which it lies, as seen at e, figs. 3and 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. The arrangement of the movinganvils K and L, the side hammers H H', with the hammers E and F, thelutter beings` provided with a. roller-fece, es and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the slide W and griper W with the ways V V, leverU, and cam-wheel S, subsantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the knife or cutter awith the anvil K and hammersE :tud H, substantially as herein represented.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this4th day of February, 1867.

ANTOINE ST. LOUIS.

Witnesses:

W. C. TAYLOR, R. KEESE.

